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Pink Flamingo

moonpenny
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Bought a Pink Flamingo standard tree from local supermarket about a month ago. 

The branches were only about 12 inches long but have since gone mad to over double that.  Problem is, it looks a bit sparse in the middle.  Should I prune it back to where the shoots branch out which would take it back to nearly the 12 inch length again?

Whether I prune it or not will it fill out in the middle?

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  • Sapindus
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    Wait until winter and then prune it back all over almost to the middle.
  • Alnat1
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    Prune each branch by 2/3rds once it has lost it's leaves this autumn. Willows can take a hard pruning and it will grow back nice and bushy next spring.
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  • fatbelly
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    It's a willow. As long as it can find water it should be indestructible 
  • moonpenny
    moonpenny Posts: 2,522 Forumite
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    Alnat1 said:
    Prune each branch by 2/3rds once it has lost it's leaves this autumn. Willows can take a hard pruning and it will grow back nice and bushy next spring.
    That's what I thought!  
    There seems to be a stem from the middle that has been cut off so that makes it look thinner in the middle.

    About a foot from the centre is where all the branches have really branched out thicker so do I cut all the new growth off?  Seems a shame but if it does the job "so be it"
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